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    Narraganset found in the middle of city!!!

    Quote: Blackhead doesn't seem to be an issue here where I live so I think we are okay on that one. I did read about the toms squishing the girls when they try to mate. I normally let them free range in our yard, so they won't always be close to him. The pen they are in is about 60x15 with 8...
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    Narraganset found in the middle of city!!!

    Quote: Thank you for that link. I wish I would have seen that last week! Most of the posts I saw on here had them together without issues. I knew turkey babies were more fragile, but I thought they were okay as adults. My friends used to have a couple turkeys running with their chickens, so I...
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    Narraganset found in the middle of city!!!

    A friend of a friend of a friend had a big tom fly from the neighborhood across the street (4 lane highway), and land on his porch. He thought it was a wild one, caught it, and started calling to see who could take it. I only have hens (chickens) but said I would take him. I clipped his wings...
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    Help?!? We don't have weasels?!?!

    Quote: We have seen a possum in their coop before. Earlier this year my husband heard the chickens freaking out around 2 am. He shined his light out in the yard and saw a possum helping himself to the grain. He grabbed his rifle (only weapon nearby) and shot it. The possum flew up in the air...
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    Help?!? We don't have weasels?!?!

    So in the last three years, I have lost 2 chickens to what we thought was a possum. We just lost our one and only girl duck (who just started laying, btw) a couple days ago. All of them have looked like they were just laying dead on the ground, until you pick them up. Whatever ate them, started...
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    Splitting up my ducks... so sad but how do I pair them?

    Quote: Nope, no hatchery ducks for me. I hatch chicks and ducklings in my classroom every year and these ones were from a fellow teacher's house. I'm not worried so much about her hatching them. Just thought if I tried to use them next year for incubating it could be an issue. I thought about...
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    Splitting up my ducks... so sad but how do I pair them?

    Quote: Thanks! That is exactly what I was wondering. The swedes are closer to each other and the campbells are closer so I'm glad I can keep them in their most comfortable groupings. I feel bad enough getting rid of two of them. Thanks for the advice!
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    Splitting up my ducks... so sad but how do I pair them?

    Sorry, I guess I wasn't clear. Two of the boys will be finding new homes. I am only keeping 2 of the ducks, the female and one male. She is closest to the other campbell. I think it's just the idea of a brother and sister "doing it" that creeps me out a bit, although I know it happens in the...
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    Splitting up my ducks... so sad but how do I pair them?

    I have four ducks, two blue swede males that are about 3 months old, and two campbells (1m 1f) that are about a week younger. The campbells joined us when they were about two weeks old. They all get along well together, I just can't have three boys and one girl. I plan on keeping them in pairs...
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    Swedish Ducks

    They both have the orange mottled feet, and their heads seem to be the same gray color. Maybe I do have two boys. I'm not worried about showing them or breeding. They just were for eggs to have along with my chickens. Thanks for the info!
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    Swedish Ducks

    I'm so glad to find this thread! I've had a hard time finding much info on the Swedes. I got two blues from our feed store back around the end of April. They are a couple months old and huge! I love them both, but I'm worried they are both boys and my husband doesn't want to keep them if they...
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    In my excitement may have jumped the gun w/ Broody

    I have a hen that went broody a bit ago. We don't have any roosters (in town) so we got some fertile eggs from a friend. My question is... when introducing incubator chicks to my big hens, I have to go slow and keep them separated for a bit. Will the hens be nice to any hatchlings since they are...
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    Crazy Silver-Lace won't leave the nesting box?!?!?

    Thank you for your help. I guess I foolishly thought "no roosters no broodies". Live and learn, right! There aren't even any eggs under her. She won't let anyone in "her" box to lay. I'll pull her out and let her free range outside the coop for a while. Thanks for the advice.
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    Hot eggs in the coop -- OK to eat?

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    Crazy Silver-Lace won't leave the nesting box?!?!?

    So I got a mini-flock of 17 last January (2010) when they were about 8 months old. No one has ever gone broody or even acted remotely broody. About a week ago, one of my Silver Lace Wyandottes was just sitting in the nesting box all afternoon. I was worried about her as we lost a hen to an...
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    tiny egg / no yolk

    I get them pretty regularly from one of my RIRs. She seems to be the "rooster" of the group and I had heard the boss hen often won't lay eggs at all. I would say I get a couple a month from her. She lays normal ones as well. Funny.
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    I lost 5 ducks last night and have 3 wounded, help with predator ID

    I lost a chicken last week. Second time in three years so pretty good luck so far. It was the same way, though. It looks like whatever it was ate the internal organs (through the hen's bum) then left the rest intact. Is that a rat?
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    Anybody know when a drakes head starts greening up?

    I have tried all over to find info on this and can't seem to get any. I got two blue swedes from the feed store about mid-April. They thought they were girls, but couldn't guarantee. I then got two ducklings from a classroom hatch born at the end of April. The blue swedes are huge, but still no...
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    Do you give your chicks non-medicated food?

    Quote: Yes, I have had the ducklings for about a week, and I just got the chicks from my old teaching partner (hatched in classroom). I put them together for short periods of time. The ducks trample the chicks a bit, but the chicks are definitely the aggressors in the bunch. I put them...
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    Do you give your chicks non-medicated food?

    Me either. I really want to avoid any extra medication or antibiotics. Too many horror stories out right now! But I wanted to hear other people's opinions on it. Thanks for sharing yours!
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